Part play. Part work. The essence of humanity is also the core of manufacturing. Each of us is a walking factory. While our minds innovateour, our bodies fabricate. We are both the oldest and the latest in manufacturing technology. As primitive as our hands and minds, with them, we built the foundation of our civilization and expanded its future into space and beyond.

Today, the act of manufacturing is almost transparent to our everyday lives, but without the ability to manufacture we are at the mercy of our own worst nightmares. Economic reality may limit the tangible monetary return of manufacturing but beyond the limiting ROI ratio is the infinite reward of manufacturing. The ability to manufacture is essential for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Tux-Lab is an expression of freedom through sharing and collaboration. Though Tux-Lab is geographically bounded by the physical constraints of its available manufacturing resources, the act of manufacturing, like the freedom to innovate, the freedom to learn, and the freedom to associate, has no national nor ethnic nor religious boundaries. We hope our pursuits can be of value to other like minded individuals who believe self sufficiency is fundamental to improving ourselves, our world, and our liberties.